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Shipwire merchants are now in full holiday swing. One thing we are noticing is some merchants having intermittent problems with USPS rate lookups and some label printing problems that rely on calls to the USPS rate lookup servers.
Shipwire customers that routinely use USPS please note that Shipwire is doing what it can to work around these USPS server issues. For example, we are re-rating packages when we find the server responsive. However, we are recommending that customers with timely shipping needs (1Day and overnight) or those who need an immediate pricing quote, use an alternate shipping method for critical shipments until these issues are resolved by USPS.
We hope to see this resolved shortly.
Here are a couple other reports of the problem as well:
Grinch who crashed the US Postal Server (funny post from somebody who has seen this multiple years now)
USPS API suffers massive outage
Slashdot report on USPS Server meltdown
We hope our friends over at USPS get this resolved soon. If you are a stamps.com user you may also be seeing rate look-up problems.
We will try and keep you updated.
Update: Print USPS Shipping Labels at Shipwire. Online label Printing. Print Postage Online.
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Nate Gilmore
Nate oversees our channel development and developer network, as well as our marketing and public relations. Previously, Nate was at Concentric, acquired by XO Communications, where he ran product management, sales and marketing. Over his six year career with Concentric, he developed dozens of new business channels, by initiating new products for small- and mid- size businesses, developing partner programs for those products, and working with web developers and systems integrators to provide ongoing support of those products. Nate has also held various legal positions in intellectual property and business law. He holds a B.A. in History, and a J.D., from Santa Clara University.
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